Dean’s Mediterranean Imports Owner Kate Zaidan Leads a Spicy Life
The second-generation owner of Dean’s Mediterranean Imports is building her community one new friend at a time.
Whitney Austin Wants to End Gun Violence
Shot 12 times at the Fifth Third Center, Whitney Austin survived and launched a nonprofit dedicated to ending gun violence in America.
Cleaner and Greener: Cincinnati’s Sustainable Future
They stand like soldiers and define our downtown. The staircase roofline of Atrium Two. Procter & Gamble’s iconic twin towers. The majestic skyward march...
Dudley Taft Jr. Is Not Your Great-Great-Grandfather’s Taft
What if your teenage rock and roll fantasies came true? What if you flew around the world playing shows for adoring audiences, hung with...
High Times at The Cupboard
The heady smell of incense hits shoppers before they walk through the sticker-plastered door and pass under the shop name, carved in a Gothic...
Eric Kearney Is Cincinnati’s Connector in Chief
Eric Kearney isn’t shy. In a well-tailored suit offset with a snazzy pocket square, he is alight in a room full of people, introducing...
Terence Hammonds Is Cincinnati’s Printmaker to the Stars
At first, they thought it was a scam. A famous movie star wanted to buy ceramics from a Cincinnati artist through the Weston Art...
Steve Driehaus Finds His True North
The former politician leads Cincinnati Compass, the region's "Welcome Wagon" for immigrants, after years of Peace Corps service in Africa.
Growing Up Poor in Cincinnati
In a prosperous modern city, half our children under age 5 live in poverty. Lots of people and programs are fighting to change that reality, with some encouraging early results—but we still have a long way to go.
James Avant IV of OCD Cakes Works to End Mental Health Stigma
Avant founded the business four years ago, naming it for Obsessive Cake Disorder. That’s not just a cheeky play on words; it represents his experiences with obsessive-compulsive disorder, the anxiety disorder he’s contended with—to varying degrees—for a significant portion of his life.
